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The poem "The Dog Who Doesn't Question" by J. A. Cooper is presented. First Line: Foolish faithful dog, here at my side, content; Last Line: together. Master knows your every need, so beg to your heart's content.

Profiles Lawrence Washington, the older half-brother of George of Great Britain. Family life; Role in the Anglo-Spanish war of 1739; Background of the Vernon-Wentworth expedition.

The poem "Rinosseros" by J.A. Cooper is presented. First Line: He don't know why a ju-grub grow; Last Line: How he think for a living in a day-shine glow.

We consider the phase stability of a local oscillator (or laser) locked to a cavity-QED system composed of atoms with an ultranarrow optical transition. The atoms are cooled to milli-Kelvin temperatures and then released into the optical cavity. Although the atomic motion introduces Doppler broadening, the standing-wave nature of the cavity causes saturated absorption features to appear, which are much narrower than the Doppler width. These features can be used to achieve an extremely high degree of phase stabilization, competitive with the current state of the art. Furthermore, the inhomogeneity introduced by finite atomic velocities can cause optical bistability to disappear, resulting in no regions of dynamic instability and thus enabling a new regime accessible to experiments where optimum stabilization may be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present a practical scheme for measuring completely unknown phases with a precision beyond the shot-noise limit even in the presence of loss. Our scheme consists of sending a sequence of unentangled particles and NOON states through an interferometer and analyzing the measurement outcomes using a Bayesian analysis. We compare our results with two recent schemes [L. Pezzé and A. Smerzi, Europhys. Lett. 78, 30004 (2007); B. L. Higgins et al., Nature (London) 450, 393 (2007)] that are closely related but operate in the lossless regime. We show that our technique outperforms the previous schemes when even a modest amount of loss is present and so may prove to be a valuable technique for making precision measurements beyond the classical limit in a range of practical scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deglacial sea-level records from NE Ireland between 21 and 11 cal. ka bp record marine transgressions and sensitive lithospheric responses to ice loading. The sawtooth sea-level curve contains four intervals characterized by: (1) strong net uplift, subaerial channelling and a global meltwater pulse (21- 19 cal. ka bp); (2) ice loading, isostatic depression and high relative sea level (19-17.5 cal. ka bp); (3) ice loading, renewed isostatic depression and high relative sea level for >1000 years (17-14.5 cal. ka bp); (4) catastrophic ice wastage, rapid uplift and lowstand (14.5-13 cal. ka bp). Geophysical models do not capture these fluctuations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Profiles brothers Martin, 29, and Gary Kemp, 31, and tells how they came to play Ronald and Reginald Kray in Britain's current film, `The Krays.'

Discusses the finances of Britain's royal family and the complicated way it has accumulated and is spent. INSET: How to be as rich as a Windsor..

Covers the birth of the Duke and Duchess of York's second daughter, Eugenie Victoria Helena, by emergency cesarean section on March 23. INSET: Monarch notes: Eugenie's royal cousins..

Discusses the separation of Britain's Princess Anne, 39, and her husband Captain Mark Phillips, 40, after 15 years of marriage. There are no plans to divorce, but royal-watchers have seen signs of the separation coming for a long time and are speculating on what will come next.

Discusses the Bee Gees phenomenal 1977 success of their `Saturday Night Fever,' and their less-than-spectacular US career since then. The brothers Barry, 42, and fraternal twins Maurice and Robin, 39, have spent twelve years battling their musical past and personal problems, and now have a new LP, `One,' and are on their first US tour since 1979. Personal lives and careers.

Reports on the scandal in Great Britain involving Princess Anne, 38, married for 15 years to Captain Mark Phillips, 40, and one of Queen Elizabeth's equerries, Commander Timothy Laurence, 34. The press released four intimate letters to Anne from Laurence. Marital problems; Relationship with Laurence; Possibility of divorce; Liaison rumors.

The article examines the use of the bass trombone in mixed chamber music. Topics discussed include the promotion of the use of the bass trombone as the bass instrument of the standard brass quintet by the American Brass Quintet. Preference for the tenor trombone in the mixed genre and the conception of a project that aims to perform published and unpublished musical works for the bass trombone taking part in mixed chamber ensembles are also mentioned.

A short-term group for students who lack assertiveness skills is sufficient to kickstart a new mindset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Profiles John Major, 47, Britain's new prime minister. He succeeds Margaret Thatcher, who named him foreign secretary in 1989 and later chancellor of the exchequer. Background; Political career; Family life.

Talks about the festivities surrounding the August 4, 1989 birthday of Britain's Queen Mother, 89, and Princess Beatrice's first birthday on August 8, and all the attention they received.

Profiles Seumas McSporran, 51, who has 14 jobs on the island of Gigha, off the west coast of Scotland. The island has about 140 residents and is on the market for $4 million. Most of his training was on-the-job and most of his tasks are part-time.

Major Hugh Undsay, 34, was a longtime friend of Britain's royal family. He was killed in an avalanche while skiing with Prince Charles and others in Switzerland. Many in England feel Charles should stop taking unnecessary risks in life--he is a pilot, parachutist, and polo player, among other things--and act more princely. Death and reactions.

The article offers information on the music score "Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune" arranged for trombone and piano by Ralph Sauer, composed by Claude Debussy.

The article reviews the music score "Prelude for Bass Trombone and Piano Kalki," by Christian M. Newman.

A correction to the article "Laser stabilization using saturated absorption in a cavity-QED system" is presented.

Profiles British actress Jenny Seagrove, 31, who has overcome anorexia, bulimia and a messy divorce, and stars as the tree-worshiping, evil nanny in the horror film, `The Guardian.' Role; Background and personal life; Career.

Profiles novelist Martin Amis, 40, whose debut novel burst on the literary scene when he was 24. His works; Reputation; Often compared to works of his father, author Kingsley Amis, 68; Father and son are both known for their skewering wit, cynicism, and bloated egos.

Recounts the terror of being caught in the crush of soccer fans in Sheffield, England, that left 95 dead and over 200 injured. Comments by survivor Chris Parsonage, 29.

American journalist and former ABC News correspondent Charles Glass was kidnapped last June in Beirut by Iranian-backed Shi'ite terrorists. Now reunited with his family in London, Glass tells the story of his abduction, captivity and escape. He says he made a hairbreadth escape--the Syrians say their government arranged his release. Story.

Offers a look at Martin Handford, 35, creator of the popular `Where's Waldo?' children's picture books. Handford has drawn four books of challenging crowd scenes and spawned an animated CBS show and 200-odd Waldo products. Background; Career; Sense of humor; Time.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in the July 15, 1950 issue including "We're Not the Best in the World," "I'll Get Even" and "I Posed As a Communist for the FBI."

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Patient troll casts shadow over cable," by D.C. Cooper in the May 14 issue, "Let there be solid-state light," by Blaine Batman in the March 26 issue, and "SD plan: state of shock" by Rosario Consiglio in the May 7 issue.

The article discusses the accreditation of the National Recreation and Park Association. In March 2000, the association received the accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies. A strong commitment is needed from every member of an organization attempting to become accredited. The policies and procedures developed and now in place have guided staff in cost-effective division management. The association advocates recreation as a dynamic component to improve health, enhance the livability of communities, preserve precious resources, prevent crime and attract business.

Various theories beyond the Standard Model predict new particles with masses in the sub-eV range with very weak couplings to ordinary matter which can possess spin-dependent couplings to electrons and nucleons. We report null results of a search for possible exotic spin-dependent couplings of the neutron which could be induced by the exchange of light weakly coupled bosons or spin-gravity coupling conducted using a spin-echo neutron spectrometer. We constrain the products g²A and g A g V of the axial vector coupling of the neutron to the matter of the Earth through the exchange of a weakly coupled vector boson for force ranges between the metre scale and the radius of the Earth. We also constrain the constants in some theories of exotic spin-gravity couplings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]